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With 35 years in communication and PR, in industries ranging from AGV's, forklifts, gas turbines to power generation, manufacturing and engineering in both the private and public sectors, Göran Skoglund is looking forward to moderating "No Time to Waste" with an analytical mind, curiosity and good mood!

Anders Östlund is president and CEO of Öresundskraft since 2008 and has more than 25 years of experience from the energy industry, including top management positions in both public and private companies. That gives him a clear view on the challenges in the current energy environment and the changes that impact society´s development and peoples everyday lives. Together with a deep personal commitment to contribute to a sustainable energy and transport sector, and with a clear strategy set out for Öresundskraft, Anders Östlund is a highly respected action leader in the transformation of Helsingborg’s energy landscape and beyond.

Ulf Molén has extensive experience from the environmental and sustainability field, but also in product development, business development and sales. He has been Business Development Manager for E.ON Gas AB as well as Director of Sales and Marketing at Välinge Innovation Sweden AB. For the past two years, he has been the CEO of NSR AB, a waste management company whose mission not only includes the collection and recycling of waste, but also to drive development towards circularity and sustainability. NSR works to reduce unnecessary waste through, among other things, digitization and to refine residual materials into new valuable resources, such as biochar. The company works closely in collaboration with different partners to find tomorrow's solutions to today's challenges.

Ulf is CEO at Nordvästra Skånes Vatten och Avlopp (NSVA) since 2011. He has been active in the water and wastewater sector for more than 20 years in different positions. He has been vice chair of the board for Svenskt Vatten, CEO of Sweden Water Research and has a leading role in the award-winning facility RecoLab with the new source separated wastewater collecting system.

Peter Kihlgren is CEO at Kemira Kemi AB since 2017. With a technical background and an extensive commercial experience, Peter has a thorough understanding of how the chemical industry works and the importance this industry has for the work we have ahead of us in reaching needed climate and sustainability targets. Peter is also engaged in the Swedish base industries’ joint work in energy related issues, by chairing the SKGS group. Peter believes we all have a responsibility to engage ourselves in the work of creating a more sustainable future.

Peter Anderberg has 25 years of operational management experience in the Swedish and European energy industry, of which 20 in the heat networks sector. In 2012 he founded Nordic Heat, a peer-to-peer advisory service assisting cities in actively implementing solutions to decarbonising heating and cooling. The company is now active in 20 countries providing advisory services to a broad range of projects in collaboration with local partners. Peter is also the founder and managing director of The Heat Academy, an international training, collaboration and innovation platform offering a modular training concept in a broad range of topics related to decarbonisation of heating and cooling. In 2019 Peter launched Heatnet Global, a capacity building service assisting suppliers to enter and expand into new markets. Heatnet has established a network of business hubs in several markets to serve as a landing ground and collaboration platform to match international suppliers with local partners.

A multi-faceted engineer, David has experience in Operations, Maintenance, and Project Delivery from design to startup with more than 35 years in energy, metals, mining and electrical power development. Roles have included energy management at Canada's largest integrated steelmaker, starting up a $5.5 billion nickel and cobalt mining megaproject in Madagascar and District Energy expansion in Ontario, focusing on integrating electrical and thermal microgrids. David is a Chemical Engineer and is licensed in the Province of Ontario.

Geoff Morris is Director of Eden Campus, University of St Andrews in Scotland and responsible for the St Andrews Forest Initiative. Geoff, who has held senior roles in the non-profit and education sectors for some 30 years, leads a small team supporting the transitional work at the Campus, taking the site from a state of dereliction to a cluster of complementary initiatives that will create innovative products, local jobs and a sustainable future for the Campus and University. The Campus comprises, among others, a 6.5MW biomass energy centre, a 1MW ground solar array and various rooftop installations, a prototyping facility, a hydrogen accelerator team and a dry laboratory for fuel cell technologies.

Keith Thomason has been recently appointed into the role of Sustainability Integration, as part of the structure under the University of St Andrew’s to reach net zero by 2035. This builds on his previous roles of Sustainability Manager and Energy Manager since joining the University in 2018. Keith is a Chartered Engineer with over 15 years of technical engineering experience, drawn from work within multi-discipline project environments across rail, marine, and aerospace sectors. Prior to joining the University, Keith was a Project Manager within Atkins’ Projects Delivery Directorate, leading major infrastructure works, specific projects include the Dubai Tram, and Qatar Metro Golden Line. In his role of Sustainability Integration, Keith is responsible for provision of sustainability requirements to the University’s Development Team, working to align estate development planning with the University’s sustainability objectives and pathway to net zero.

Over 7 years of experience in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency in Ukraine. One of the initiators of Netherlands-Ukrainian Sustainable Energy Platform (NUSEP) creation in 2008, an international project that attracted funding from the Dutch government. Since 2009, was a manager of the NUSEP project and was responsible for establishing contacts between Ukrainian project owners and potential Dutch partners. Has extensive knowledge and contacts with major players in the renewable energy market in Ukraine and Western Europe.

Sytse Jelles has more than 20 years of business and strategy development experience from the Dutch energy industry, of which ten in the district heat sector. His focus is on techno-economic analyses, conceptual design, optimizing for societal value, public-private partnerships and innovative business models and products. With an easy going and yet effective approach, Sytse bridges the gap between various disciplines on content and people level, from shop floors to board rooms.

Right after lunch we offer you a possibility to take a tour of the energy from waste plant – one of the most modern in Europe. As an extra treat for the day it is the COO himself who will guide you.

Magnus Ohlsson is responsible for the development and implementation of new systems, tools, working methods and routines for preventive maintenance of district energy networks at Öresundskraft. His goal is to maintain and strengthen the competitiveness of district heating and cooling. Magnus Ohlsson is a member of Swedenergy´s Council for District heating & cooling and a member of the steering group for Future Heat, a department within Energiforsk, a Swedish research institute that advances and coordinates energy research. During ”No Time to Waste”, Magnus will give a state-of-the-art overview of tools and systems for monitoring district heat networks - and what benefits they have brought to Öresundskraft.

Tony Stegroth has over two decades of experience from operating and maintaining distribution networks for heating, cooling and gas. His current focus is on preventive maintenance and associated environmental aspects. Prior to joining Öresundskraft, Tony has experience from operations and maintenance of heat and CHP plants, hydropower and biogas plants, steam turbines, gas turbines, heat pumps and chillers. Together with Magnus Ohlsson, Tony will present the latest trends in district energy maintenance techniques.

Jesper has acquired more than 25 years of experience as Business Developer and Project Manager in the Energy sector. He was Project- and Business Manager for the award winning, 30MW, District Cooling system in Helsingborg and Project Director of the €180M investment in Filbornaverket EfW facility in Helsingborg. He was Project Owner of the €35M investment in a regional District Heating pipe system connecting 3 cities in southern Sweden and is engaged as Senior Advisor for a new EfW facility and District Heating system in the city of Stoke on Trent in United Kingdom. During “No time to Waste”, Jesper will describe how district heating can be used to produce district cooling.

As head of system optimization at Öresundskraft Johan Burström is responsible for the production planning and cooperation between Helsingborg, Landskrona and Lund district heating system. During ”No Time to Waste” he will let us know more about how the cooperation works and how the financial outcome is derived and divided between the participating companies.

Lars-Inge Persson, Master of Science in Engineering, has more than 40 years in senior positions in Swedish business. For over 10 years he was head of the district heating business at Öresundskraft and oversaw, among others, the construction of the Filborna WfE plant and the expansion of the DH network to the city of Lund.Lars-Inge holds a number of board positions, including chairman of Solar Park, an association that through its’ members builds a solar electric plant on an otherwise unusable landfill.

Given the public nature of district energy, communication is a must if you plan to build or expand a district energy system. To what extent and resolution is governed by the local context, but a communication plan should always be in place, supporting your business goals. With a life-long professional experience from communication, Göran Skoglund has worked on issues involving everything from acquisitions to closures, from consulting and crisis management to financial, environmental, press and customer communication. During his presentation, he will reveal the key parts of any DH communication plan worth its salt - and some potential pitfalls.

Emma Gunnarsson has 19 years of experience from the energy sector and energy intensive industries. In her role as Energy- and Sustainability manager at Kemira’s Helsingborg site, she is dedicated to developing operations towards increased circularity and improved sustainability performance.

Christian Orsing is currently the deputy mayor and chairman of the board of urban planning in Helsingborg. He has previous experience from being the chairman of the board of labor market issues and has a professional background as a police officer. Christian is a proud citizen of Helsingborg, he comes from a family who has been living in our wonderful city for generations and have a long background of entrepreneurship.